Vulnerability in Oracle Solaris
CVE-2016-6185
The XSLoader::load method in XSLoader in Perl does not properly locate .so files when called in a string eval, which might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse library under the current working directory.
EPSS: 0.008 (52.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Oracle Solaris — versions 10, 11.3
- Perl
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 16.04
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 22, 23, 24
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@debian.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)
- security@debian.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- security@debian.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security@debian.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)
- security@debian.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- security@debian.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- security@debian.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- security@debian.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- security@debian.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- security@debian.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-6185?
- CVE-2016-6185 is a high-severity vulnerability in Oracle Solaris. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-08-02.
- How severe is CVE-2016-6185?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-6185 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.